What keeps you passionate about your sport?The running community. Meeting new people who have similar goals and the same enthusiasm for running

What continues to drive you forward?The beauty of pushing your body to new heights, progress, and seeing what I am capable of.

What made you realize you had made it?My debut marathon in 2012 at Twin Cities. The goal was to run under 2:45 and I dipped under by 15 seconds; placing 7th for American women. I fell in love with the marathon after that race and knew that I could not keep working in accounting.